Mantra 53
Sukta 2
अविः कृष्णा भागधेयं पशूनां सीसं क्रव्यादपि चन्द्रं त आहुः । माषाः पिष्टा भागधेयं ते हव्यमरण्यान्या गह्वरं सचस्व
avíḥ́ kṛṣṇā́ bhāgadhéyaṃ paśūnā́ṃ sī́saṃ krav-yā́d ápi candráṃ ta āhuḥ | mā́ṣāḥ́ piṣṭā́ bhāgadhéyaṃ te havyám araṇyānyā́ gā́hvaraṃ sacasva
A black ewe is the rightful portion among the beasts; and lead, men say, is thy portion also, O flesh-devouring one, yea even the shining share. Pounded beans are thy allotted due, an oblation meet for offering: O Araṇyānī, cleave thou to the deep woodland hollow.
काळी मेंढी (अवि) पशूंमध्ये तुझा नियत भाग आहे; आणि शिसेही—असे लोक म्हणतात—तुझाच भाग आहे, हे क्रव्याद (मांसभक्षक) देवते; होय, तो तेजस्वी अंशही। कुटलेले माष (उडीद) तुझा नियत हव्य-भाग आहे, अर्पणास योग्य आहुती। हे अरण्यानी, तू गहन वनातील गह्वर-गर्भात संलग्न हो.
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (book-level attribution varies; not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Araṇyānī; and secondarily the Kravyād (as a hostile power to be satisfied/repelled)
Chandas: Not securely determinable from the excerpt alone (mixed/prose-like Atharvanic cadence possible)
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